Unborn Child

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Three members of the same family, including an unborn child, were killed Saturday afternoon when a Waynesboro, Pa., woman and her pregnant daughter died in a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Pa. 16 and Long Lane in Antrim Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. [cont. from front page ] Crystal Diane Helman, 36, and Stephanie Helman, 19, both of 12178 Olde Route 16, were pronounced dead at the scene at 3:49 p.m. by Franklin County Coroner Kenneth L. Peiffer.

Rohrer is heath department employee of the month Krista Rohrer has been named the Washington County Health Department's Employee of the Month for November. Rohrer has been employed by the health department since 2001 and works as a nurse with the agency's Healthy Start program, where she is responsible for the case management of pregnant women who are at risk for unhealthy pregnancies or infant illness. By focusing on the prenatal health of both the mother and the unborn child this program helps to assure the best possible birth outcomes and often acts as a reference for other services available to clients within the community.

A Morgan County man has been ordered to serve at least 21 years in prison for the death of his pregnant girlfriend, according to Morgan County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. James T. Zell Jr., 24, of Tri Lake Park, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of concealment of a deceased body. He was sentenced Monday by Senior Status Circuit Judge Andrew N. Frye Jr. to serve consecutive prison terms of 40 years, 20 years, and one to five years, James said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Berkeley County man was arraigned Friday on charges after allegedly kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach and selling crack cocaine to a police informant, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Jesse Allen Jarvis, 19, was charged with battery and distribution of crack cocaine, according to court records. He was arraigned by Magistrate Jim Humphrey, who set a $105,000 bond. Court records list Jarvis' address as 5883 Williamsport Pike in Berkeley County and 820 N. High St. in Martinsburg, and other documents indicate he has no fixed address.

gregs@herald-mail.com A Maryland legislator said he plans to introduce a bill during the upcoming General Assembly session that would classify violent deaths of unborn victims as homicides, and he said Wednesday his proposal would cover a scenario in which a woman lives and her unborn child dies. The Washington County Sheriff's Department was investigating a report that a 19-year-old woman who was five months pregnant with twins was robbed at knifepoint and assaulted by two men Dec. 13 at about 7:30 p.m. The Mont Alto, Pa., woman told investigators she was walking behind an auto glass shop at 13236 Pennsylvania Ave. when she was attacked.

"Could someone tell me where to find the information about what going into space has accomplished other than knowing that there is no life and there is a lot of junk floating around that may drop to Earth one day?" - Hagerstown "I see where Mr. (John) Munson won't make his pay raise an issue, when his term expires in four years, if he decides to run again. Don't worry, we'll make it an issue, we are watching him closely, because he talks out of both sides of his mouth.

An unborn child is not an 'option' or 'obstacle' To the editor: Those who cry out in support of abortion will say that it is the woman's moral right to choose. However, when we hear of a house that burns down and three out of four of the family die, those same people will say, “What kind of a moral God could take three lives like that?” - making the inference that God is immoral in his decision of who lives and dies. Yet, when a woman who supports “choice” gets to play God with another person's life in her womb, she has no problem in choosing who lives and who doesn't.

shappell@herald-mail.com The Washington County Department of Emergency Services has taken disciplinary action against a Smithsburg Emergency Medical Service volunteer in connection with a March 5 incident. The disciplinary action was related to events that took place after a March 5 emergency call to the home of a 20-year-old Smithsburg woman who later died, along with her unborn child. It was not related to the care or treatment of the woman or the unborn child, said Joseph Kroboth, director of the Department of Emergency Services.

How many moms and dads do you know who leave town for their child's birth? That's what Jimmy and Angela Koontz are going to do, not because they want to, but because they have to. I first wrote about the Washington County couple on Feb. 1, after they described the plight of their unborn child, diagnosed with a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS for short. In simple terms, the left side of the heart does not develop properly. There is no cure, according to the Nemours Cardiac Center of the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware.

An unborn child is not an 'option' or 'obstacle' To the editor: Those who cry out in support of abortion will say that it is the woman's moral right to choose. However, when we hear of a house that burns down and three out of four of the family die, those same people will say, “What kind of a moral God could take three lives like that?” - making the inference that God is immoral in his decision of who lives and dies. Yet, when a woman who supports “choice” gets to play God with another person's life in her womb, she has no problem in choosing who lives and who doesn't.

A Morgan County man has been ordered to serve at least 21 years in prison for the death of his pregnant girlfriend, according to Morgan County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. James T. Zell Jr., 24, of Tri Lake Park, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of concealment of a deceased body. He was sentenced Monday by Senior Status Circuit Judge Andrew N. Frye Jr. to serve consecutive prison terms of 40 years, 20 years, and one to five years, James said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Berkeley County man was arraigned Friday on charges after allegedly kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach and selling crack cocaine to a police informant, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Jesse Allen Jarvis, 19, was charged with battery and distribution of crack cocaine, according to court records. He was arraigned by Magistrate Jim Humphrey, who set a $105,000 bond. Court records list Jarvis' address as 5883 Williamsport Pike in Berkeley County and 820 N. High St. in Martinsburg, and other documents indicate he has no fixed address.

Rohrer is heath department employee of the month Krista Rohrer has been named the Washington County Health Department's Employee of the Month for November. Rohrer has been employed by the health department since 2001 and works as a nurse with the agency's Healthy Start program, where she is responsible for the case management of pregnant women who are at risk for unhealthy pregnancies or infant illness. By focusing on the prenatal health of both the mother and the unborn child this program helps to assure the best possible birth outcomes and often acts as a reference for other services available to clients within the community.

shappell@herald-mail.com The Washington County Department of Emergency Services has taken disciplinary action against a Smithsburg Emergency Medical Service volunteer in connection with a March 5 incident. The disciplinary action was related to events that took place after a March 5 emergency call to the home of a 20-year-old Smithsburg woman who later died, along with her unborn child. It was not related to the care or treatment of the woman or the unborn child, said Joseph Kroboth, director of the Department of Emergency Services.

How many moms and dads do you know who leave town for their child's birth? That's what Jimmy and Angela Koontz are going to do, not because they want to, but because they have to. I first wrote about the Washington County couple on Feb. 1, after they described the plight of their unborn child, diagnosed with a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS for short. In simple terms, the left side of the heart does not develop properly. There is no cure, according to the Nemours Cardiac Center of the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware.

gregs@herald-mail.com A Maryland legislator said he plans to introduce a bill during the upcoming General Assembly session that would classify violent deaths of unborn victims as homicides, and he said Wednesday his proposal would cover a scenario in which a woman lives and her unborn child dies. The Washington County Sheriff's Department was investigating a report that a 19-year-old woman who was five months pregnant with twins was robbed at knifepoint and assaulted by two men Dec. 13 at about 7:30 p.m. The Mont Alto, Pa., woman told investigators she was walking behind an auto glass shop at 13236 Pennsylvania Ave. when she was attacked.

"Could someone tell me where to find the information about what going into space has accomplished other than knowing that there is no life and there is a lot of junk floating around that may drop to Earth one day?" - Hagerstown "I see where Mr. (John) Munson won't make his pay raise an issue, when his term expires in four years, if he decides to run again. Don't worry, we'll make it an issue, we are watching him closely, because he talks out of both sides of his mouth.